Rock Island

Mag is made by ACT in Italy. It looks pretty cheesy and feels cheap. It works real nice but that bumper has got to go.

Front and rear sights are dovetailed.

No tool marks in here, everything is slick.

Trigger has just barely a hair of slack, just a tad of creep but breaks clean around 3ish pounds with no over travel.

I tried some old hardball and LRN's and it fed both slickern snot on a porcelain doorknob. It doesn't like the LRN's. They printed in a horizontal string low and right. Hardball was dead on the money. Got some 255 grain Keiths here somewhere but can't find them. Want to see how they do before I buy a new mold.
I'm not liking the one piece full length guide rod. The grips are pretty decent. The RIA grips I've seen before didn't cover as much of the grip frame and felt really weird. These feel pretty good but I'll prolly swap them out for checkered one of these days. I generally don't like an ambi safety either but this one is pretty streamlined so I guess it can stay.
All in all I'm very pleased with it.

Have any of you other RIA owners noticed that the feel of them in your hand is more comfortable than other 1911's? I have compared mine side by side to other 1911's and can't see a lick of difference but yet it still feels better, and I can't figure out why.

Anyway, nice buy Hawg. I know you'll enjoy that piece. I notice the FSB on yours is dovetailed. I wish mine was.

Well finally there is someone with the same observation I had. Awhile back I mentioned on another thread that the RIA mags seemed a little "cheesy". Someone kind of took me to task for that comment, stating they were typical quality for factory OE mags. In any event, mine has worked fine, though it has a fairly thin wall.

I stopped by the RIA booth at SHOT show. To say I am impressed with the fit and finish on these 1911's is an understatement. I was amazed at the trigger, and the action and over all function, fit, and finish of the gun. The guys at the booth were all very nice and would answer any question you had for them. Plus they make everything from the basic GI model to the high end double stack comp sights race gun. Anyone on a budget and wanting a 1911 should look no further than RIA. Heck anyone wanting a new 1911 can't go wrong with RIA 1911's